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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Ok, none of this matters.

You're totally freaking out about a joke they got MILDLY turned around and it's a super cool look.

"Just wait until my friends get here"

To be clear:

most of America has shit geography because most Americans never go anywhere. (It's a big country, where most citizens don't need to leave to find work or make lives)

Most of Europe (including the UK) have a much better understanding of "the colonies" because it was a huge part of their history for longer than America was a country.

I lived in Surrey from age 5-18 so I think I have a passing, but shallow view of the situation.

Edit if you actually think Britain and Nicaragua have no colonial relationship, maybe learn your geography lol

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_settlement_in_Nicaragua

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

There are quite a few countries in Europe that never had colonies. They have high standard of geography at school anyway. It's not related to colonialism, it's more about the education system.